Adding Rattles To Jigs, Yea Or Nay?

[Turtle135]

for football, pitching and flipping jigs do you like to add rattles? think it makes a difference? particular type of rattle you think works best?

[Siebert Outdoors]

Typically I do not fish a rattle.  About the only time I do would be muddy water or night I will give it a go if a standard jig is not working.

[scaleface]

I'm not going to say yea or nay but  when snorkeling in a clear creek, around largemouth bass " EVERY TIME ' I  tapped a fingernail on my watch or rap two rocks together bass would come and investigate .

[bigbill]

Yes with my jig purchase from Sieberts outdoors I purchased the double rattle holders for the jigs.

I play on all the basses senses. Sound, sight, smell, and vibration. To me I'm in a poker game with four aces.

There are different tones in rattles. High pitch and low pitch in crankbaits. It's a one ball knocker or a multiple of smaller balls. Again a low tone or a high tone. I'm not sure what's available for jigs. I use a rattle in the worm heads too. I think it's an advantage.

[RB 77]

Usually no. In stained water when I'm not getting bit rattleless I might throw one one on.

[PourMyOwn]

Never, I have never noticed a difference-but if it makes you more confident, then you will fish harder and probably catch more fish.

[Josh Smith]

Most generally yes. The rattles I use are connected by straight plastic bands, so they make the rattle noise along with a smaller version of whacky rig vibrations.

Josh

[Catt]

Typically I do not fish a rattle. About the only time I do would be muddy water or night I will give it a go if a standard jig is not working.

Pretty much this!

When I do use one it's Lunker Lure Orginal Rattleback!

[Raul]

It ain´t gonna hurt if you do add rattles. A lot of times doing something different is what makes the fish bite. Normally rattles are associated to complement the lure in low visibility conditions but ....... man I´ve caught thousands of fish with really noisy rattling crank baits in crystal clear water.

[Mike L]

All my jigs have rattles.

I look at it this way....A jig is supposed to mimic a craw, a craw will still make thier distinctive sound no matter if the water is clear, stained or muddy, so in my feable little mind there is no reason not too.

But that's me

Mike

[thebillsman]

I bought micro rattles off ebay that are intended for fly Fishing. I put them on a couple of my skirtless football jigs by melting a ballpoint pen cap around it.

Works well, but not a huge difference maker. Made of out boredom more than necessity.

[bigbill]

A fleeing Baitfish makes a rattle noise they say. Or a clicking noise. I don't know if it's a warning to the other fish but it's a dinnerbell to the bass.

I have stopped my bomber model A CRANKBAIT in red Apple craw over submerged weeds in the open pockets and just twitched it.

Just twitch it a little so it almost stays in one spot. They come up to hit it most of the time. It has a different tone with bb sized balls. Seeing this rattles work.

[MasonV]

Yes I always use rattles. Most jig rattles are very subtle anyway compared to a crankbait and not constant noise, which I like. I wouldn't want my jig sounding like a crankbait or anything.

[desmobob]

I fish in very muddy water most of the time.  I bought a large quantity of Stanley rattling jigs in various weights last year... they have twin rattles hanging from the collar.  I like 'em!

 

Tight lines,

Bob

[Bankbeater]

I have fished jigs with and without rattles. I have better luck without the rattles.

[Brayberry]

I fish my jigs without rattles almost exclusively.  Very Very Very Rarely I'll experiment and add a rattle, but I believe I do better without them unless the water has practically 0 visibility  

[WRB]

Where I fish most of the time the water is has very good visibility, at least 8', so during the day light rattles on jigs can be a negative. At night rattles can be the difference, so yes I will use rattles at night, either the skirt collar type of rattles or a rattle back triple rattle jig, if the bass are eating it. Give the rattle jigs a try, you never know what they want.

Tom

[BassThumb]

I honestly think jigs without rattles catch slightly more fish. A jig makes plenty of racket while being bounced/dragged through the cover.

 

Many of my jigs started with rattles, but they were eventually ripped off by northern pike. It seems the older jigs (minus rattles) work better.

[Senko lover]

I haven't experimented enough with it to answer confidently, but I usually only add them in super muddy water.

[boostr]

I use them when I'm on soft bottom, I also realized they go out of whack when you're skipping a jig, so I removed those. I might start ordering them on my swim jigs though.